The bunny chow at Tusker House is made with cauliflower . PHOTO BY JEFF CHIU
Rose & Crown makes a great plant-based hot pot . PHOTO BY JUDD HELMS
TABLE-SERVICE When you walk into the Rose & Crown Dining Room at EPCOT , you ’ ll feel like you ’ ve stepped through a portal into a traditional British pub . The plant-based fare is the comfort food you ’ d expect at a pub in London . The Savory Impossible Hot Pot features hearty vegetables ( carrots and pearl onions ) and plant-based meat with gravy and a heaping topping of mashed potatoes . Disney does plantbased U . K . -inspired dishes well — don ’ t miss the allergy-friendly Shepherd ’ s Pie at the Hollywood Brown Derby at Hollywood Studios . At Animal Kingdom , Tusker House Restaurant serves Africaninspired dishes . Its plant-based jollof rice with Beyond sausage , roasted root vegetables , feisty green beans , mashed potatoes , and cauliflower bunny chow stand out .
Cinderella ’ s Royal Table in Cinderella Castle is a splurge well worth the cost ( and the effort to snag the reservation ), even for vegans . It ’ s simultaneously suitable for a romantic dinner for two and a family meal that would enthrall children of all ages , thanks to the meet-and-greets with princesses during the meal . Here you pay for the prix fixe menu , with multiple courses for one price . The restaurant offers vegan options at every course . The Parisian Gnocchi is a standout ; the gnocchi is beet-based , yet with the traditional texture of potato gnocchi , and it is veiled with a vegetable demi-glace and celery root puree .
The jollof rice is also vegan-friendly . PHOTO BY JEFF CHIU
DESSERTS My favorite plant-based dessert on property is Johnny Appleseed ’ s Warm Apple Cake , a treat served at two Americana eateries , The Diamond Horseshoe and Liberty Tree Tavern , both in Magic Kingdom . While it ’ s not mistitled , the flavors of this spice cake are more complex than only apple . It ’ s served with caramel sauce and a whipped , creamy frosting . Its oh-so-sweet sugar glaze gives the edges of the cake a bit of a crust .
Two restaurants at Hollywood Studios serve irresistible sweet treats for vegans . Vegan milkshakes can be rather difficult to find , but you ’ re in luck at Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant : The plantbased Cookie Shake is satisfying and sensational . It ’ s a milk-and-cookies flavor and topped with coconut whipped cream . The Chocolate Rose at the Hollywood
Brown Derby is a decadent chocolate cake served with chocolate sauce and hazelnut cream .
The Warm Apple Cake at Liberty Tree Tavern . PHOTO BY TIMOTHY MOORE